White Papers

Electronic Alternatives Improve Treasury Performance

Electronic Alternatives Improve Treasury Performance white paper speaks to the multitude of benefits organizations of all sizes can achieve by eliminating paper processes from their treasury operations. This white paper includes best practices, case studies, statistics and other relevant information for helping organizations to build a business case to Go Green.

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This compendium examines the opportunities and challenges that financial institutions face in building a global presence and serving their growing corporate clients, including key themes around regulatory developments and their implications, evolving market structures, foreign exchange and liquidity management, trade finance, collateral management and technology and innovation.

Optimizing for Business Growth in Asia

Rich business opportunities in Asia are driving corporations and financial institutions alike to expand into and across the region. In a diverse Asia, however, one size most definitely does not fit all. How best can financial institutions and corporations structure and optimize their financial processes and business models? This paper explores critical considerations and optimization options in the hunt for growth in Asia.

The Relationship Between Treasury & Procurement

Multinational corporations continue to explore methods of driving further efficiency internally. Treasurers are increasingly being tasked with improving a company’s working capital while Procurement professionals are motivated to manage risk and increase the resilience of the supply chain. These factors, among others, are heralding a closer relationship between each group with the outlook of increasing the contribution to the overall prosperity of their institution. This new guide looks at some of the opportunities for even greater collaboration between the two business functions, but also explores some of the potential challenges that arise when bringing the two areas closer together.

Payments Fraud: The Battle Continues

As the payments landscape continues to evolve, so too does the skill and cunning of the criminal element that seeks to infiltrate payments systems. Businesses everywhere are challenged to secure new payment types, new communication and transaction channels and an increasingly mobile workforce who access business applications from many different devices.

Payment’s New Land of Opportunity

Single-Use Accounts (SUA) can transform the middle ground of your company’s payments operations, eliminating checks and even providing a revenue stream. By targeting this broad landscape, companies gain all around: They leverage working capital, increase float and raise their revenue from rebates. And by adopting automated channels, they slash indirect processing costs, a one-time investment that produces perpetual results.

R-Generation: An Integrated Business Approach to Managing Risk

After September 11, companies and institutions around the world reevaluated their business continuity plans based on a new awareness of weaknesses. Strengthened operational resiliency was the outcome. What will be the outcome of today's recession and preceding financial crisis?

The New Migration: Global Card Programs

The current global business crisis has cast into high relief a problem that has been increasingly apparent in recent years – inefficient, cumbersome cash management processes continue to prevent many companies from managing their working capital effectively.

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) – A Smart Way to Make Healthcare More Affordable

Are you considering the addition of an HSA option to your healthcare benefits menu? Many companies are finding that HSAs are a practical solution to the healthcare challenges they face. J.P. Morgan was one of the first banks to offer HSAs and has extensive experience in the consumer-directed healthcare industry, administering HSA programs for nearly 10,000 companies.

Purchasing Card Auditing and Compliance Strategies

J.P. Morgan surveyed dozens of its purchasing card customers to gather some of the industry's best practices for building and maintaining a solid card program.

Controlling and Cutting Travel and Entertainment (T&E) Costs

Leading Companies Share Real-World Tips on Implementing T&E Program Best Practices

Consolidate Purchasing to Reduce Costs

Higher educational institutions of all sizes are being asked to do more with less. With enrollments skyrocketing, state schools are fighting the impact of state budget gaps, while private institutions face shrinking endowments. The result is staff reductions and hiring freezes that must be offset with increased efficiency. As boards of trustees increase budget scrutiny, every possibility must be examined to reduce expenses, while maintaining the highest levels of academic achievement. The procurement process is an effective area for colleges and universities to increase cost savings opportunities.

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